Flag holder for automobiles



Oct. l19, 1943.

A. wlNslcK FLAG HOLDER Foa AUTOMOBILES Filed Nov. 16, 1942 Claims:

Patented oct. 19,1943 f '1' 1 ELLAS 1139 v Anthony Winik, Bi.

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` iFig., 2 is Aa -sideviewof -a closely-coiledv'spiral ,-spring, .'sileh as' may Abe' used Afor f'oifnfiing my inig proved `i'flag-helder.

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`F-ig. 4 -is a sidefeleva-tion of a modified -foijm of' my improved "nag-holder ein yiwliieh a socket :is

provided` -at rthe lower end lofY the v inolclei",` the staff of a Aii'agbeing'shown Aapplied thereto forth'el putp'ose -ef-zillu`etating that-1inY lthis modification the vstaff of va flag 'does `not extend beneath the.A

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@me view oflastiil fuf'bher mme@ forni loi? rny invention, in -Wlhh` the conyoliitione l der in .fopen formation, 'l i @means t0 @Qistruet my, Ywutilizng' a @nel @Prine Alle@ -e-,Sbiralsrirme LU inFieZ and wlmi of the prime uber mf the intermediate" corvolutions is placed will cause` theimpingin'gmeinbers I A and this separation is effected by drawing the convolutions above the upper line I2 in Fig. 2 and the convolutions below the lower line I3 in said figure to one side of the intermediate convolutions by uncoiling portions of the convolu- 'tions at said lines I2 and I3, as shown at I4.

The intermediate convolutions are necessarily tho-se along the major portion of the spiral spring and serve as the body portion I5 of the flagholder. These end convolutions or spiral-like sections serve as staff-holding elements I6 and II, respectively. They are vertically alined and reversed as complete members from the position these parts originally had in the complete spiral spring shown in Fig. 2, and they are substan- These spiral-like sections or staff-holding elements therefore do not extend above or below the planeof the upper and lower ends, respectively. of the tially parallel with the body portion '5.

lutions thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, thereby inj creasing the length of this bodyvportion to confornitoV the width of the bumper. This enables the uncoiled'portions` I4 to be positioned against the upper and lower edges of the bumper so that the spiral-lilre sections Orstaf-holding members I5 and Il are positioned inrear'or at the linner side of the bumper at their VVongitudinal marginal portions, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

It will thus be seen that the uncoiledl portions 'I4 serve as impinging or retaining members or elements which are caused to press firmlyA against-the edges of the bumper under tension created by expanding or lengthening the` body, portion of the holder, and due to the fact that the staff-holding elements I6 and I'Iv engage the bumper-at. thev rear, accidental removal of the holder from the bumper can not `easily take. place. However, since the staff of a flag, designated by the numeral' I8,'is,inserted through the vertithrough the upper` staff-holding element I5 and lit is attached.

also through the lower staff-holding element I'I so that `the staff extends beneath both the flagholderv andV the part of the automobile to which In this construction the staff- .holdinglements or lsleeves are each formed of Cil cally-alined spiral-like sections I 5 and I1, this i staff materially 'aids such sections in their efforts to4 fasten `the 'holder' to the bumper or! to any other like part of arnsautomobile.r

tis to be noted, that the bumper shown in Figflis. not straight-lined' and that'it bevels from its longitudinal center upwardly and down?` wardly. It,` therefore, has, anirregularly shaped outersurface. Bumpers of automobiles vary in crosssectional formation and many have amore pronounced taper upward and downwardV than shown inEig. l. Thishowever', does not in any manner interfere with attaching the flag-holder to such bumpers, or any other irregularly-formed part `of 'van automobile,,becausejof the fact that the body vportion I5 of the holder is flexible and ls'elf-oonforrnable to the shape of the part to which the'holderjis to be applied. Ther bodyy portion of the holder isl alsoselfcontractible, so that the tension under which it` to firmly lengage `the edges of 'the' bumper land thus in themselves tend 'tofasten the holdergto the automobile part, This is clearly shown` in Fig.- 8, in which the staff-holding elements I8 voneor ymore terminal convolutions of a spiral spring of a size that will conform internally in diameterl to that of the staff of the flag to be held, a.ndgin such instances the staff is tosnugly rit within the staff-holding elements or sleeves. In the preferredl construction I have shown the convolutions of the wire in ,contactv with each other, but if -desiredthe convolutions may be spacedfapart, as shown'in Fig. 7. v

, I n the modification of Amy invention shown in Figsv4 to 6, the body portion of the flag-holder and the upper' sleeve or,staf-holding element are exactly `those described in the preferred constructionillustrated,in Figs. l` and 3. The lower staff-holding element I1 is, however, in the form of` a socket, towhich I apply the supplemental reference character Il?. This socket may or may not-.bre arranged to extend slightly beneath the plane oh thelower end ofthe body portion I5, zts'rnaylbe` desired.A .Itvwill be -noted that in the preferred constructionv shown in lFigs. land 3, the' uncoiled Vvportion I4 connecting thelo'wer staff-holding element I'l.withl thefbody portion I5 'extends from the lower end ofV the latter to the lower end of said staff-holding element; but in the modificationshown. invFigs. 4, 5, and', the 4lower uncoiled portion or impinging connectorjmefmberQIlI," ,as it maybe termed, connects the flower endrof the, bodyportion I5 with the lowerfstaff-holding. element at its upper end. Therefore, while in the preferred construction the slt-'aireholding element I1 extends upwardly from,itsfconnector'member I4, in the modificaticnareferred to,fthe staff-holding element Il extends downwardly-from the connector element |11.y `YIprefer in vthis modification tomake the stair-:holding element II slightly longer than in the' preferred construction. .This is due to the fact, thatv connection is made .between the lower end1of!,thebody portion and the upper end of said l"staff-holding element and that this element isv usedasja socket, as will presently appear.

' Insaidmodification', one end of the wire from whichjthe' helder is formed `terminates, atk the lower end of lthestaf-holding .element I7 ancbby reason'of this difference in construction Iam 'o enabled to utilizefthelower'staff-holding element as a Socket. To accomplish this, the wire at the lower end'of the socket is bent diametrically across the open lower eridmf the lstaff-,holding elementpas at, I so thata bottom is formed fory the' socketjon whichA ther lower end of the staff of aiiag mayrest. i. Therefore, only a single sleeve-"like staff-holding element" is employed at the upper end of theholder and a staff-receiving socket at the lower end, as clearly shown in Fig., fi. The staff of a flagis thrust through the` upperV staifholdiog element or sleeve ltand entered in thesocket IP at the bottom-- of the holder, receiving support from the. diametricaltyy disposed wire terminal i9. ltwill be clear; therefore, that in this construction the staff 'ofthe flag may be somewhat smaller in diameterthan the internal diameter of the sleeve |6 and the socket |121, since itcan not be thrust through the socket and will be guided by the sleeve I6 while vsupported by the diametrically-disposed terminal I9, or the bottom of the socket as it may be termed. By reason of the increased length of the socket, the staff of the flag cannot easily become dislodged from the holder under jarring of the automobile in passing over roughroads.

It is to be noted that in order to provide a terrninal for the wire at the bottom of the socket |18, the lower convolutions of the spiral spring will have to be reversed top for bottom and this can be easily accomplished by twisting the uncoiled A wire'portion M. Thus the terminal of the wire forming the holder will be at the bottom of the socket and this can be easily straightened from a curved condition to a straight-lined condition and thence bent diametrically across the lower v end ofthe thus segregated convolutions.

1n Fig. 8, the modificationv there shown illustrates a body portion l5 which is of ka smaller diameter than the diameter of the staff-holding elements I5 and l1. In this particular construcg,

tion, due to the difference in the diameter of the parts ljust mentioned, the holder will of necessity be constructed of a single piece ofwire in which .different regions in the length thereof are 'fashioned separately into spiral form. I have also illustrated a formof socket for the staff of a k flag which differs from the socket illustrated in Figs. 4 to 6. The socket in this Fig. 8 is formed of a spiral convolutions extending upward from the uncoiled impinging or connector element I4, the same as provided for in Figs. 1 and 3 and under this arrangement twisting of the uncoiled element connecting the socket with the lower end of the body portion will not be found necessary.

The extremity of the wire which terminates at the upper end of the socket is bent downwardly f outside of the series of spiral convolutions-form,-

ing the socket, as at 20, and thence diametrically underneath said series of spiral convolutions, as at 2| the diametrically-extending portion 2| serving asthe bottom of the socket,

It will be apparent from the foregoing that my improved frag-holder can be fashioned out of a spiral spring, or it may be constructed of a single length of wire coiled medially between its ends l to form the spiral body portion and thence directed laterally to one side of the body portion and coiled to form the spiral-like sleeves at the top and bottom, or the spiral-like sleeve at the top andthe spiral-like socket at the bottom, as may be desired. In either case the body portion of the holder is eXible, whether formed of contacting convolutions or convolutions spacedapart. It is also expansible under force, selfretractible, and self-conformable to the surface of any objectagainst which it may be placed. The offset sleeves, or the offset sleeve and socket, as the case may be, will effectively retain the staff of a flag and the uncoiled wirer portions connecting the staff-holding elements with the flexible body portion will effectively impinge against the particular part of an automobile 0r other object to which the holder is attached under the /self-contractible force inherent in the body portion; thus assuring a secure fastening of the'flagholderto snclrwart.A Moreover, such assurance is absolute 'afterplacing 1 the .staff yof a. flag through the sleeve-likeupper stai-holding elemontanti into or through the'lowerzstaff-hold'ing element. The part of' the automobile or other object tozwhich the nag' isattaehed will then be o entirelysurrounded by thetffag-holderr and the incident staff-holding elements, each staff-holding element being connected to said body portion by uncoiled wire portions designed to` engage opposite edges of an automobile part when appliedthereto and placed under tension, said body portion being self-conformable to the crosssectional formation of said automobile part when placed under tension.

3. A flag-holder for automobiles formed from a spiral spring having end convolutions drawn laterally to form short spiral-spring sections offset with respect to the remainder of said spring and connected therewith by uncoiled portions of the wire forming said spring, said offset sections `being axially co-incident.

4. A flag-holder for automobiles formed from a closely coiled spiral spring having end convolutions thereofv drawn laterally to form short" spiral-like sections offset with respect to the remainder of said spring and connected therewith by uncoiled portionsr of the wire forming said spring, said offset portions being axially coincident and adapted tol hold the staff of a nag.

5. A flag-holderfor automobiles formed of a single length of wire'having a body portion of spiral-like formation and two vertically alined spiral-like sections connected to opposite ends of said body portion by uncoiled portions of said Wire, said body portion and spiral-like sections lying at opposite sides of an automobile part and having the uncoiled portions of said wire impinging against the edges of said automobile part, said spiral-like sections serving as staffholding elements to receive the staff of a flag, the lower of said spiral-like sections having one end of the wire disposed diametrically beneath the same to serve as a rest for said staff.

6. A nag-holder for an automobile formed of a single length of wire having a body portion of spiral-like formation and two vertically alined spiral-like sections connected to opposite ends of said body portion by uncoiled portions of said wire, the upper of said sections serving as a staffholding sleeve and the lower as a staff-receiving socket formed by vone end of said wire being bent downwardly along the outer side'of the lower spiral-like section and thence directed diametrically underneathv the same, said body portion being adapted to lie at one side of an automobile part and being self-retractible to cause the uncoiled portions `of said wire to impinge against the edge of said automobile part and said spirallike sections being adapted to lie at the opposite side of said automobile part. l

7. A flag-holder for an automobile, comprising a body portion of spiral-spring formation having lateral uncoiled extensions at opposite ends and 'alined stai-holding elements at the youter ends of said extensions, said bodyl portion being adapted to lie against one side of an automobile part and said staiT-holding elements at the opposite side of said automobile part in spaced-apart relation and adapted to have the staff of a, flag appliedtheren, said laterally uncoiled extensions being adapted to lie above and beneath said automobile part and vsaid spaced-apart staliholdng elements and the staff of a. flag placed therein preventing accidental removal of the flag and holder from said automobile part.

ANTHONY WINSICK. 

